Louis Segond (3 May 1810 – 18 June 1885) was a Swiss theologian who translated the Bible into French from the original texts in Hebrew and Greek .
5-695: He was born in Plainpalais , near Geneva. After studying theology in Geneva , Strasbourg and Bonn , he was pastor of the Geneva National Church in Chêne-Bougeries , then from 1872, Professor of Old Testament in Geneva. Segond's family was of modest wealth; his father was a Catholic shoemaker while his mother was a Protestant church of Geneva member, the denomination he would be baptized into. He entered into
10-508: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a translator from Switzerland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a translator of the Bible is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Plainpalais Plainpalais is a neighbourhood in Geneva, Switzerland , and a former municipality of the Canton of Geneva . It
15-567: Is mentioned in Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein . Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges ' ashes are buried in the cemetery of Plainpalais. The Plaine de Plainpalais is a large public square (78 135 square metres ). It is home of the Plainpalais skatepark . Inaugurated in 2012, the Plainpalais skatepark is intended for young people over the age of 10 who practise skateboarding , roller skating and BMX riding at any level. Covering 3,000 m , it
20-658: The University of Geneva in 1826, where he studied natural sciences. Afterward, he joined the theological department of the University of Strasbourg . During that time, he spent a year and a half working in Bonn and another year in Eisenach . In 1839, he became pastor of the Genevan Church in Chêne-Bougeries . In 1871, he returned to the University of Geneva to become a professor studying
25-629: The Old Testament. The translation of the Old Testament , commissioned by the Vénérable Compagnie des Pasteurs de Genève , was published in two volumes in 1871. It was at this time that he began to work on his translation, work that would be completed in 1880. A revised edition was commissioned for and published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1910. This article about a theologian
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